Manny Pacquiao Will Meet President Barack Obama -- FanHouse

By Lem Satterfield, FanHouse

In an event that has been arranged by United States Senator Harry Reid, D-Nevada, eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, will meet President Barack Obama, likely on Feb. 15 in Washington, D.C., during the final stop of a four-venue tour promoting the fighter's Showtime-televised, May 7 defense of his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against three-division, five-time titlist Shane Mosley.

The story was first reported by ABS-CBN, with a followup by BoxingScene.com.

A 32-year-old congressman in the Sarangani Province of his native Philippines, Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) will face the 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

Two weeks prior to earning the WBC junior middlweight (154 pounds) belt with an HBO-televised, Top Rank Promotions, Nov. 13 unanimous decision over former titlist Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao attended an October rally for Reid, whom he informed of his desire to meet Obama.

Pacquiao, who will also meet First Lady Michelle Obama, is "excited, because my dream was to face President Obama and to talk to him," according to ABS-CBN.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum and organization publicist Lee Samuels told FanHouse that a press tour will begin on Thursday in Los Angeles, followed by stops in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 12, New York on Monday, Feb. 14, and, Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

Although some members of the Pacquiao team already have received clearance to visit the U.S. Senate floor as Reid's guests, Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, are expected to be the only ones to meet Obama, according to a source with knowledge of the arrangements.

"What we're definitely planning is a meeting in Senator Reid's office, and then, Senator Reid is going to take Manny to the floor of the senate," said Arum in an earlier interview with FanHouse.

"And then we'll have the press conference in Washington, D.C.," said Arum. "We're going to have it hosted by the Nevada Congressional delegation. That's all going to happen on Feb. 15."

In December of 2009, Pacquiao was named among Time Magazine's Top 25 People Who Mattered in 2009 -- listed alphabetically right behind President Obama.

Obama and Pacquiao were each featured on 60 Minutes on Nov. 8 -- a mere five days prior to Pacquiao vanquishing Margarito.

Source: boxing.fanhouse.com

Los Angeles in April rather than Las Vegas in May -- 15Rounds

By Bart Barry, 15Rounds.com

In March we journeyed to Arlington, Tex., to see Cowboys Stadium’s first prizefight, one featuring Manny Pacquiao. In November we returned to Arlington, Tex., to see Cowboys Stadium’s second prizefight, one featuring Manny Pacquiao. And in May we journey to Las Vegas to see a terrestrial network cover its first prizefight, one featuring Manny Pacquiao.

A cross-country trip to watch CBS cover an event, eh? That might be a bridge too far.

We’ll go to see a great prizefight filled with what drama and suspense have defined the Pacquiao Era, then! OK, maybe. But does anyone honestly doubt how the May 7 fight between Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will go at MGM Grand?

In the next three months, of course, some of us will create scenarios that see Mosley prevailing over Pacquiao in an upset. And bless us for it; such exercises keep the mind spry. But would any of us actually bet Mosley?

Not if he bet Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto or Ricky Hatton – the last four Pacquiao opponents. None of those choices drew quite the initial derision among aficionados Mosley did, either.

But that was before CBS. As part of promoter Top Rank’s new relationship with Showtime, apparently, parent network CBS will broadcast an infomercial for Pacquiao-Mosley sometime before the fight. Good for Pacquiao. Good for Mosley. Good for Showtime. Good for Top Rank. And good for boxing.

Not so fast. This fight is not for you, the serious fan. This fight is for that elusive crossover guy boxing endeavors to seduce on a triannual basis. You know him. He asks you when Mike Tyson’s coming back while asking himself who would win a match between Clubber Lang and a prime Muhammad Ali.

Right, sure, but don’t be a curmudgeon. Remember, a rising tide lifts all boats.

But is Pacquiao-Mosley a rising tide, or merely a rising boat? Last year, Pacquiao enjoyed two of his career’s handsomest paydays. And his reluctant nemesis, Floyd Mayweather Jr., enjoyed one as well. But what good, really, did these do the sport of boxing?

Websites like this one have never been in a worse financial spot. Pacquiao may be his country’s most-famous figure, but is he actually recognizable to the 113 million American households that did not buy his last pay-per-view event? And Mayweather, for all the interest in prizefighting he supposedly brought to the black community, didn’t have an enduring enough effect to bring even 1,000 members of that community to “The Super Fight” a couple Saturdays ago.

No, friends, you are not obligated to attend Pacquiao-Mosley as part of some brand-of-boxing loyalty oath. And that’s good, too, because tickets for the fight apparently sold-out days before they went on sale.

In the spirit of your new liberty, then, how about trying something different? Like, say, the finals of Showtime’s Bantamweight Tournament on April 23 in Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre. That card will feature two great fights: Ghana’s Joseph King Kong Agbeko versus Mexico’s Abner Mares, and Colombian Yonnhy Perez versus Armenian Vic Darchinyan. It will also establish a challenger for the winner of Nonito Donaire’s upcoming bantamweight title fight with Fernando Montiel.

And as Donaire-Montiel is a Top Rank promotion, and Top Rank is now allied with Showtime – and CBS! – there’s no reason to think the world’s best bantamweight prizefighter will not be crowned by the end of 2011.

Look, fans in the target demographic for Pacquiao-Mosley have no idea there’s a Ghanaian who once wore a gorilla mask and manacles during ringwalks. Fans who currently know Shane Mosley solely as “that guy with the same nickname as Leonard and Robinson” have no idea Mares went chest-to-chest and foul-for-foul with Darchinyan in December, and beat him. And there’s little possibility anyone desperately scouring online brokers for Pacquiao-Mosley tickets (if such a man exists) has any idea the consolation match of the Bantamweight Tournament could be better than its championship is.

Tickets will be a fraction as expensive for the Los Angeles card in April as they are for boxing’s big chance on CBS in May. And even with prices good and low, Bantamweight Tournament tickets will be in abundance.

Which leads us to the reason you can merrily play contrarian with a card promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank: They don’t need you. Top Rank is the infrastructural master of prizefighting promotion. Never was this clearer than after January’s trip to Silverdome – a venue that, working as a team, Don King and Gary Shaw failed to fill effectively as Top Rank filled just Cowboys Stadium’s East Side Plaza in November.

Golden Boy Promotions is the second strongest promoter out there, yes, but it’s a distant second. And their participation in the Bantamweight Tournament may not be more than tertiary. For all the praise Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer garnered four or five years ago, it has been quite a while since anyone’s appended the modifier “imaginative” to anything coming out of their shop.

And here’s something else to worry about while we get spiffed up for our big CBS debut: We aren’t ready for primetime. Underlying all our support for the recent terrestrial-network development is an assumption that if we could only get our sport force-fed to the public as, say, the NFL does, boxing would be popular as football.

Don’t be so sure. There’s a very real chance the quality of the product boxing offers – for many reasons but none so much as managers’ selecting of fighters according to television programmers’ tastes – is subpar. The fights we offer today may not be good as the ones we offered 25 years ago.

If that’s the case, four 118-pounders fighting in a 7,000-seat venue is likely the future of superfights much more than is Pacquiao-Mosley on CBS. Going to Los Angeles in May, then, is a good way to reward four deserving fighters, and maybe look like a visionary while doing it.

Bart Barry can be reached on Twitter via @bartbarry

Source: 15rounds.com

Tim Bradley has changes to make before Pacquiao fight becomes likely -- Examiner

By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com

After his ten round technical decision victory over Devon Alexander last weekend, the speculation over who WBO/WBC light welterweight champion Tim Bradley's next opponent might be has become one of the most talked about subjects in the sport.

While the obvious choice might be a bout against WBA champion Amir Khan to unify three of the four major titles at the weight and with it any lingering doubt as to who the best fighter in the division is, Bradley himself seems to have other plans.

Despite the fact that the Alexander fight was neither a crowd pleaser or a particularly dominant showing from Bradley, in part due to the ending and a bad clash of styles, the one name mentioned consistently by Bradley if not his current promoter has been pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Before that fight has any realistic chance of happening though, there are several things that have to change for Bradley.

The first of which is likely his promotional status.

Top Rank boss Bob Arum said recently that Bradley was the kind of opponent he would welcome for Pacquiao in the future.

What he didn't mention is the fact that Bradley will become a free agent in the coming months and that Top Rank, along with Golden Boy and current promoter Gary Shaw are all hoping to sign him.

Bradley taking on Pacquiao then likely comes with the caveat that it will only happen if both fighters are under the Top Rank banner at the time.

Looking past a possible showdown with Pacquiao though, in the long term Golden Boy might be the better option for Bradley in terms of available opponents. Their roster currently includes Juan Manuel Marquez, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana, Victor Ortiz and Lucas Matthysse, all interesting opponents.

Top Rank on the other hand certainly has a deep roster of fighters but at light welterweight and even welterweight their ranks are a little thin these days, and Bradley likely wouldn't be able to effectively compete at junior middleweight or above where the majority of their talent has been heading to of late.

Aside from the promotional difficulties in putting a fight together with Pacquiao, there are other concerns, namely Bradley's effectiveness at welterweight and his tendency to inadvertently headbutt opponents causing fight ending cuts.

In his sole outing north of the 140lb division, Bradley looked dominant against Luis Abregu but against a higher caliber of opponent the size and strength difference might have been more telling.

Against Pacquiao this isn't a concern for Bradley as much as Pacquiao is one of the smaller welterweights and moved up in weight himself, but without a resume at the weight many would no doubt question whether Bradley had earned a fight against the best in the division.

Perhaps the biggest concern from Pacquiao's point of view though is the fact that Bradley's head has caused cuts in each of his last five fights, ending two of them prematurely.

Worse than that though, even on his best days he isn't a particularly charismatic or always entertaining fighter to watch, and Pacquiao obviously won't want to look bad even in winning due to a clash of styles. Nor will his team want him to be in against a dangerous and unbeaten fighter that won't contribute much in the pay per view department.

Lastly, the fact that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan trains with Pacquiao could also for now make the fight unlikely. Pacquiao and Khan have formed a bond since training together and it could well be the case that Pacquiao wouldn't want to rob Khan of the opportunity of becoming the lineal light welterweight champion.

Source: examiner.com

Pacquiao-Mosley Press Tour -- FightNews

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Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosley will embark on a coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, beginning Thursday in Los Angeles to announce their mega world championship rumble. Pacquiao and Mosley, who have won world titles in 11 weight divisions between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight championship on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao will be making his first ring appearance in The Fight Capital of the World since 2009. Joining Pacquiao and Mosley on the tour will be Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and trainer Freddie Roach.

February 10: Los Angeles

Closed to the Public. Media Only

February 12: Las Vegas
Open to the Public
MGM Grand Garden Arena
3:00 p.m. PT – News Conference

February 14: New York City
Open to the Public
Chelsea Piers at Pier 60
Barnegat/Montauk/Nave Rooms
11:00 a.m. ET – News Conference

Source: FightNews.com

Pacquiao gives up belt -- ESPN Star

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Manny Pacquiao has decided to relinquish the WBC super-welterweight crown that he won last year.

The Flilipino has marched through the divisions after winning his first world crown at flyweight in 1998, three years after turning professional at the age of 16.

The Pound-for-Pound king gave away 17 pounds in November when he battered Mexican hardman Antonio Margarito over 12 rounds at a catch weight of 150lbs.

However, his Canadian adviser Michael Koncz has announced the 32-year-old will no longer share a ring with any opponents heavier than welterweight.

"We learned from experience in the Margarito fight that giving away 10 to 15 pounds during fight night is very detrimental to the safety of Manny," said Koncz . "Because of those basic concerns, we have no intention for Manny to fight at 154. From this day forward the maximum weight would be 147 lb.

"Manny wants to free the belt so that others have the opportunity to proudly wear the WBC belt."

Source: espnstar.com

Pacquiao is best pound for pound -- El Paso Times

By Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times

It's been nine months since the El Paso Times updated its pound-for-pound list. It's time to revisit:

Pac Man tops ... again

1. Manny Pacquiao, 52-3-2 (38 knockouts): Pacquiao has been criticized lately for his decision to fight the used-up Shane Mosley on May 7. But it's more a criticism of promoter Bob Arum than "Pac Man." The reality is that the Filipino megastar deserves a breather after beating Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito. It just shouldn't be on pay-per-view.

2. Floyd Mayweather, 41-0 (25 KOs): You want a fearless prediction? Mayweather-Pacquiao will finally happen on Nov. 12. Once Mayweather pays all of his significant legal fees for escaping various acts of stupidity, "Money" will realize he has no recourse, but to fight again. And there's only one opponent who can make him the kind of money that will pull him out of his financial abyss for good, and that's Pacquiao.

3. Nonito Donaire, 25-1 (17 KOs): Ever since Donaire flattened the heavily favored Vic Darchinyan in 2007, the boxing world has been waiting for the "Filipino Flash" to be tested. Well, he's had to climb two weight classes to do it, but the hard-punching dynamo will finally meet an equal on Feb. 19, when he meets Mexico's Fernando Montiel for the bantamweight title.

4. Sergio Martinez, 46-2-2 (25 KOs): "Maravilla" firmly established himself as a bonafide boxing superstar on Nov. 20, when he leveled Paul Williams with one devastating left hand in round two to win recognition as the best middleweight in the world. Next up for the Argentine is the undefeated Serhiy Dzinziruk on March 12.

5. Andre Ward, 23-0 (13 KOs): The Oakland native is in the lead of Showtime's "World Boxing Classic" round-robin tournament at 168 pounds, and doesn't appear ready to let up. He's scheduled to fight Arthur Abraham on May 14, and then the winner of Carl Froch-Glen Johnson. He is capable of dominating all three.

6. Juan Manuel Marquez, 52-5-1 (38 KOs): Like his nemesis Pacquiao, Marquez has fought a firing squad of dangerous opponents over the last several years, including Pacquiao, Mayweather, Joel Casamayor, Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis. It is he -- not Mosley -- who deserves a shot at Pacquiao. So we'll give "Dinamita" a pass for fighting the washed-up Erik Morales on April 9.

7. Wladimir Klitschko, 55-3 (49 KOs): What can you say about "Dr. Steelhammer?" The IBF and WBO heavyweight champ just keeps beating up the best available big men in the world without much difficulty. To his credit, he's been chasing the shameless David Haye. Instead, he'll get Dereck Chisora on April 30.

8. Fernando Montiel, 44-2-2 (34 KOs): For years, "Cochulito" has been regarded as perhaps the most underappreciated fighter in boxing, despite world titles in three divisions. His showdown with Donaire on Feb. 19 should make up for the lack of appreciation.

9. Juan Manuel Lopez, 30-0 (27 KOs): The supremely talented Puerto Rican is quickly becoming a homeland hero in the vein of Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto thanks to a superb 2010. He'll meet veteran Orlando Salido on May 16 in Puerto Rico as he waits for Yuriorkis Gamboa.

10. Dmitry Pirog, 17-0 (14 KOs): Ok, so Pirog may not have the credentials of the other fighters on this list. But if his July destruction of the previously undefeated Daniel Jacobs is any indication, the power-punching Russian is a force to be reckoned with in the middleweight division. I'd take him over Felix Sturm or Kelly Pavlik right now, and a showdown with Martinez could be a classic boxer-puncher matchup.

Matthew Aguilar may be reached at maguilarnew@yahoo.com.

Source: El Paso Times

Bob Arum disputes Mayweather's claim -- USA Today

By Bob Velin, USA TODAY

Undefeated welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been mostly quiet and out of the boxing picture since his arrest on domestic battery charges in September. Mayweather appeared in court last month to face the felony charges, but his hearing was moved to March.

But the controversial boxer, who is on boxing fans' most wanted list for a megafight against Manny Pacquiao that could be the richest in boxing history, did a rare interview late last month with Fighthype.com.

In that wide-ranging interview, Mayweather said, "After the first negotiations didn't come through, nobody reached out to Al (Haymon, Mayweather's manager)" regarding a fight with Pacquiao, and "we didn't hear anything from Bob Arum."

Arum on Wednesday called that absurd. "We not only reached out, we had a full negotiation with (HBO Sports President) Ross Greenburg being the intermediary with Al Haymon back before the Margarito fight. And that came to nothing. And I assume Haymon advised Floyd that we were negotiating the fight through Greenburg. But (saying) we didn't reach out to Haymon was total nonsense.

"As far as Floyd is concerned, we've attempted to reach him without any success. He knows where we are. And none of his people have ever called us. The idea that we haven't reached out is absurd. … We've gotten no calls from him. …

"Why the hell should we reach out to Al Haymon when they have constantly said that they're not interested in fighting? Let them call us. … I'm not going to reach out to them like I'm chasing them. But if they said to a responsible newspaper or somebody responsible, 'We want to fight Manny Pacquiao,' I would make the call."

HBO had no comment on the subject, and Mayweather's adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, could not be reached by phone.

A few other subjects Mayweather touched on in the FightHype.com interview:

•On Arum's company, Top Rank, taking the May 7 Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight from HBO to Showtime pay-per-view: "All I have to say is that I'm loyal to HBO. I can't believe Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao's camp would cut HBO out."

•On Pacquiao: "I really don't have nothing against Manny Pacquiao. I think the people make it more than what it really is, because I think it will be one of the biggest fights in boxing history, absolutely. … You got to realize this, the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight didn't get made because Manny Pacquiao said he wanted two weeks of non-testing … the two weeks before the fight. … Everything they asked of me, I agreed, and what I asked of them, they didn't agree."

Countered Arum: "We agreed to do tests. That was off the table."

•On Shane Mosley, who was beaten badly by Mayweather and Pacquiao: "I don't think Shane really has too much left at 39. … He's a future Hall of Famer, but he was in a grueling fight with me. … I think that was his last hurrah."

Kayode thinks KO: Lateef "Power" Kayode, the unbeaten cruiserweight who is trained by Freddie Roach, fights Nicholas Iannuzzi (16-1-9 KOs) in a 10-round bout Friday on Showtime (11 p.m. ET).

Kayode (15-0, 14 KOs), from Nigeria, has a 14-fight knockout streak. He concedes he thinks about KOs during his fights but says it doesn't affect his game plan or preparation. "There's no doubt it's in the back of my mind," Kayode says. "I know the fans love it, and I know Showtime loves it. But I'm not going to let that affect what I do in the ring."

Source: usatoday.com

Pay up, Manny Pacquiao: Sulaiman, WBC threaten lawsuit over sanction fees -- Examiner

By Michael Marley, Examiner.com

The amount is piddling but the targets of the lawsuit are incredibly wealthy.

I've learned Thursday that the World Boxing Council has sent word to Manny Pacquiao, who WBC leader Don Jose Sulaiman has lauded as "a modern day Henry Armstrong," that if sanctioning fees amounting to $80,000 are not paid within 48 hours the organization will file a lawsuit against the fighter and his promoter, Bob Arum (Top Rank Inc.).

"Ever since (Graciano) Rocchigiani won that $31 million federal lawsuit against the WBC in 1998 and the group nearly dissolved, it has been financially hardpressed," a source close to the situation told me. "The WBC cannot afford to let world title fight combatants ignore their sanctioning fees."

It is said that a $50,000 fee is due the Mexico City-based Alphabet Soup group from the Dec. 6, 2008, TKO 8 Pacquiao victory over Oscar de la Hoya and the $30,000 is owed from the March 15, 2008, bout in which the Pinoy Idol notched a close, hotly-debated split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez.

Pacquiao, 32 and a sitting Congressman from Sarangani Province, has said he was unaware of the situation and would resolve it.

I've heard persistently that the confidential settlement between German boxer Rocchigiani, who was shamelessly stripped of the WBC light heavyweight crown he won against heavy favorite Michael Nunn, requires the group to pay him about $330,000 at the start of each calendar year.

The WBC said it was "a typographical error" when it listed Rocchigiani as its 175 pound champ and handed the belt back to popular American Roy Jones. Backtracking, the WBC claimed that Nunn and Rocchigiani had only fought for an interim title.

When the WBC went to bankruptcy court and threatened to dissolve, a settlement was reached inj 2003.

"We got up off the canvas only seconds from disappearing," Sulaiman said at the time.

(mlcmarley@aol.com)

Source: examiner.com

Mayweather misdemeanor trial delayed -- AFP

AFP

LAS VEGAS — Unbeaten American boxer Floyd Mayweather's trial on a misdemeanor battery charge will not begin until at least April 25 after a judge agreed Thursday to postpone the star fighter's day in court.

Mayweather faces charges of poking a homeowners' association security guard in the face during a scuffle in November over parking tickets issued to vehicles around Mayweather's home in a private neighborhood.

Mayweather's lawyers have denied wrongdoing on behalf of the 33-year-old fighter, who did not attend the hearing.

The case is unrelated to the felony domestic violence case that Mayweather also faces, charges that could bring him 34 years in prison if he is convicted on all counts.

Mayweather faces a March 10 evidence hearing on charges that he struck and threatened former girlfriend Josie Harris, stole her telephone and threatened two of their children in an incident last September.

Boxing fans have been hopeful that Mayweather, 41-0 with 25 knockouts, would fight Filipino star Manny Pacquiao but failed talks last year and Mayweather's legal woes have put that potential blockbuster bout on hold.

Pacquiao, 52-3 with two draws and 38 knockouts, is set to face 39-year-old US fighter Shane Mosley, 46-6 with one draw and 39 knockouts, on May 7 in Las Vegas. Southpaw "Pac-Man" has won 13 fights in a row over a six-year span.

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Floyd Maywether's Uncle: Manny Pacquiao's 'Got Something In Him' -- FanHouse

By Lem Satterfield, FanHouse

Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer of six-time titlist, Floyd Mayweather Jr., still insists that southpaw WBO welterweight (147) pounds and WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion Manny Pacquiao has "got something in him," an implication that the use of performance enhancing drugs is the reason the Filipino super star has retained power and won titles over eight different weight classes.

Roger Mayweather's comments were made during an interview with Chris Robinson of BoxingScene.com at Floyd Mayweather's gym near the fighter's Las Vegas home.

"The change I would make, you don't want to know," said Roger Mayweather. "Take that sh** out of his body and do it like a fighter is supposed to do. I know he got something in him. He knows it too. I know there is proof."

Negotiations for a bout between Mayweather and Pacquiao twice failed over the issue of Olympic style drug testing, which involves blood and urine, whereas boxing's current protocol involves only testing urine for illegal drugs.

"Because you know why? Any time a guy is getting 50 million dollars, and he don't want to take a test a couple days before the fight and then after the fight, he has to take another test," said Roger Mayweather.

"Why he don't want to take a test? I aint got to tell you what's wrong," said Roger Mayweather. "Anybody can see what's wrong with that. The way boxing works, you take a test a day before the fight and a day after the fight and that's it."

The 32-year-old Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) takes a 13-bout winning streak that includes eight knockout s into his May 7, Showtime televised, Top Rank Promotions defense of his WBO belt against 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), whom Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated in May of 2010 during an HBO pay per televised unanimous decision.

For the first time in the sport's history, Mayweather and Mosley were subject to Olympic style drug testing of both blood and urine by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) before their bout.

In 2003, Mosley admitted to injecting the steroids, "the cream," and, "the clear," but says that he did so unknowingly after having been supplied the drugs by BALCO founder Victor Conte through a relationship with his former strength trainer, Daryl Hudson.

Mosley has dropped what had been an ongoing defamation suit against Conte, but Roger Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and both Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya -- the CEO and President, respectively, of Golden Boy Promotions -- still are named in a suit by Pacquiao which seeks compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character.

The lawsuit names the five of them for their alleged accusations of steroid use by Pacquiao.

"I heard they told Mosley 'You're going to have to take a test'. Let me as you something. If Mosley got to take a test, don't they both have to take a test? They both have to take a test. But here he is fighting a motherf**ker and he won't take the test himself," said Roger Mayweather.

"That's why him and my nephew never fought, because he didn't want to take the test himself. He said he would take a test five days out," said Roger Mayweather. "Who in the hell would do that? Aint no such thing as taking a test five days out. You can take the test the day before the fight, that's it. The rest of that stuff don't mean nothing.

Source: boxing.fanhouse.com